A Perfect Gift for the Pottery Enthusiast in your life…. or a hint to those who find you difficult to buy for! As reported in the “Antiques Trade Gazette”.

Dealer launches passport project to identify Martin Brothers Birds, Antiques Trade Gazette, 2018: on the launch of AD Antiques’ Martin Brothers Bird Passport.
https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2018/dealer-launches-passport-project-to-identify-martin-brothers-birds

Any denomination can be produced and can be used in full or part payment to any item on the site.

The voucher can either be emailed or a physical copy posted.

PB37

Peter Beard Vase with an Inverted Rim in a Manganese Wax Resist Glaze

2024

20cm x 16cm

PB 36

Peter Beard Conical Vase in a Wax Resist Glaze

2024

24cm high, 15.5cm wide

PB35

Peter Beard Vase with an Inverted rim with a “Dash” Design in a Wax Resist Glaze

2024

24cm high, 15cm wide

PB 34

Peter Beard Vase with an Inverted Rim with a textured glaze

2024

25cm high, 15cm wide

PB33

Peter Beard Undulating Vase in a Wax Resist Glaze

2024

19cm high, 14cm wide, 12 cm deep

PB 32

Large Peter Beard Vase with a Dark Blue Cobalt Wax Resist Glaze on a Carved Vessel

2024

35cm high, 17cm wide

Heidi Warr

Flight of the Bombus Charger 16” edition of 5 - £1600

Heidi Writes:

The Flight of the Bombus (Latin name for bumblebees) design is inspired by nature and conveys the resilience we need in life to succeed. I have created stylised bumblebees emerging from the centre of a geometric world.

Bumblebees are intriguing to watch, busily going about their business with a sense of commitment and purpose as they pursue their goals. I was inspired to capture the world of the humble bumblebee.

For the Flight of the Bombus design I drew inspiration from the works of M. C. Escher. Many of his black and white creations involve a stunning level of geometric detail and convey a wonderful sense of movement. Those were aspects I sought to capture in my design; detail and movement.

The Flight of the Bombus design is based on geometric spirals emanating from the centre of my hand thrown charger. In my design the charger represents the world. Each flowing spiral represents the life of the bumblebees as they busily track back and forth from their hive. I wanted to capture the essence of their commitment and unwavering purpose. True qualities we all admire.

When creating the Flight of the Bombus design I utilised segmented sections alternating in contrast within the flowing spirals to convey a wonderful sense of movement within the piece.

Heidi Warr Orbiting Waves

Large Spherical Vase 12”, edition of 1 £2000

Medium Spherical Vase 7”, edition of 9 £740 - limited number remaining

Small Spherical Vase 5”, edition of 9 - sold out

Heidi Writes:

I am proud to introduce the Wonders of the Deep Orbiting Waves design into my collection of designs celebrating the wonders of the deep. This is a hand thrown spherical piece using slip-trailing and black and white shades or pastel blue colours to depict the ocean in all its glory.

I was inspired to create this design because of the stirring feelings I observed within myself resulting from gazing at a stormy sea. I was mesmerised by the sheer power of the ocean as each wave came ashore, crashing like thunder. One after the other, each with its own strength and purpose. As day turned into night, there was no stopping the relentlessness of the motions from the ocean waves, only details were lost by the ensuing darkness, but their power and presence remained vivid. In the Orbiting Waves design I sought to capture the sense of movement arising from a turbulent sea.

One of the design challenges was to choose the right shades of colour to use on the rolling waves. After much experimentation, I decided that a gentle mix of blues and greens worked perfectly to convey the sense of movement I was seeking to depict. To detail the powerful nature of that movement I created waves with a visible crest. I also wanted to capture the essence of the ocean as night fell, which I achieved through the use of black and white and delicate shading.

I am very pleased to introduce the Wonders of the Deep – Orbiting Waves design in both colour and black and white ranges. The Orbiting Waves colour is available on a large 12” spherical vase, recommended retail price £2000, limited edition of 1/1.

The design is also available on a medium 7” spherical vase, recommended retail price £666, limited edition of 9.

And also available on a small 5” spherical vase, recommended retail price £292, limited edition of 9.

All measurements are approximate.

Heidi Warr, Blue Orbiting Waves

Large Spherical Vase 12”, edition of 1 £2000 - sold out

Medium Spherical Vase 7”, edition of 9 £740 - limited number remaining

Small Spherical Vase 5”, edition of 9 - sold out

Heidi Writes:

I am proud to introduce the Wonders of the Deep Orbiting Waves design into my collection of designs celebrating the wonders of the deep. This is a hand thrown spherical piece using slip-trailing and black and white shades or pastel blue colours to depict the ocean in all its glory.

I was inspired to create this design because of the stirring feelings I observed within myself resulting from gazing at a stormy sea. I was mesmerised by the sheer power of the ocean as each wave came ashore, crashing like thunder. One after the other, each with its own strength and purpose. As day turned into night, there was no stopping the relentlessness of the motions from the ocean waves, only details were lost by the ensuing darkness, but their power and presence remained vivid. In the Orbiting Waves design I sought to capture the sense of movement arising from a turbulent sea.

One of the design challenges was to choose the right shades of colour to use on the rolling waves. After much experimentation, I decided that a gentle mix of blues and greens worked perfectly to convey the sense of movement I was seeking to depict. To detail the powerful nature of that movement I created waves with a visible crest. I also wanted to capture the essence of the ocean as night fell, which I achieved through the use of black and white and delicate shading.

I am very pleased to introduce the Wonders of the Deep – Orbiting Waves design in both colour and black and white ranges. The Orbiting Waves colour is available on a large 12” spherical vase, recommended retail price £2000, limited edition of 1/1. Sold

The design is also available on a medium 7” spherical vase, recommended retail price £740, limited edition of 9.

And also available on a small 5” spherical vase, recommended retail price £292, limited edition of 9.

All measurements are approximate.

Heidi Warr “Geometric Web”

Hand Thrown Globe Vases in 3 sizes:

Large 12” Sphere, edition of 1 £sold out

Medium 7” Sphere, edition of 9, £770 - last few remaining

Small 5” Sphere, edition of 9 £sold out

Heidi Writes:

I am very pleased to introduce my design: Geometric Web. The Geometric Web is a hand thrown spherical vase with the application of extremely detailed slip-trailing to create an undulating spider’s web.

The inspiration for this design evolved as I walked around our garden at home in our sleepy Somerset town. It was early in the morning and the sun was just beginning to show its hand for a new day and all around the garden were spider’s webs encased with the morning dew. They glistened in the early sunlight of the new day and the dew accentuated the amazing workmanship that those busy spiders had been engaging in.

I was intrigued to learn that spider webs have an interesting significance, they can symbolise how we weave our life together. It reminded me that we all have choices in the life that we construct.

One of the challenges in this design was achieving the fine intricacy of the slip-trailing. Slip-trailing is not easy, as some of you may be aware, but perfect execution was necessary to ensure the design looked faultless when inspected closely.

A further design challenge was to create a sense of movement within the design, like the spider webs we see in nature, gently rising and falling on the breeze. I thought carefully how to create the sense of movement I was seeking and an interlocking design seemed to work perfectly.

Heidi Warr Butterfly Vase

Slab Built in Two Sizes

Large Vase, 17” high, 6” wide £1782

Small Vase 9.25” high £800

Heidi Writes:

The Butterflies tower is based on the “butterflies” design by one of my favourite artists, M.C. Escher (1898-1972). Escher is probably most well known for his seemingly impossible black and white drawings such as Castle in the Sky, Balcony, Waterfall, Relativity and Belvedere.

Escher is one of the great artists who managed to combine symbolism and fantasy with real life.  Many of his works depict natural objects in an unnatural way and yet they are compelling to look at and excite our eye.

I chose to use Escher’s “butterflies” because butterflies to me convey a beauty of form, bursting forth with such colour and force from their cocoons. They are light and graceful and when used in the right way can create real beauty in art.  With this piece I wanted to convey the feeling of freedom, just like the freedom I imagine could be felt by the butterflies as they move from their restrictive cocoons and into the wide blue skies.

It was challenging to use and adapt Escher’s original design to suit my application.  In particular I needed to recreate the geometric pattern to suit the edges of the top of the towers. 

I initially experimented with tubing the design on to the butterfly towers but found that it made the butterflies lose some of their crispness and clarity. Tubing them also seemed to give them the appearance of being less graceful and ethereal.  For this reason I decided to execute all the detail with a brush.

“Flight of Freedom”

A Heidi Warr Monochrome Charger

14”

Available in a black on white or white on black colourway - in an edition of 5

Heidi writes:

The Flight of Freedom design incorporates the influence of M.C. Escher. In this design I have created stylised birds breaking free from an interlinking geometric pattern.

The inspiration for this piece developed as I reflected on the thoughts and feelings that arise when we contemplate making important decisions in life. Sometimes we don’t know how things might turn out, but when we take a leap of faith and the outcome is positive there is a real sense of freedom, like shaking off shackles and being able to fly freely.

Birds are often used to symbolise freedom and new beginnings and it was the sense of elation after breaking free and soaring high that I wanted to capture.

Cafe Wall

Optical Illusion Slab-Built Vase

Large Vase 17” high, 6” wide £1266

Small Vase 9.25” high £666

Writes Heidi:

I have always loved visual illusions. I like the way they tease you and play with your mind and imagination.   

About the same time that I was having dreams of creating my own designs and ceramic art range, my fiancé finished a psychology degree. It was whilst he was studying a module on visual illusions that he showed me the Cafe Wall design. I was intrigued and he explained how it worked.

The illusion works because of how cells in our eyes are stimulated by light. The white and black areas create a sharp contrast and our brains think that the activity from our eye cells means there is a sloping edge to the bricks. That is why the grey mortar line has to be just right or the illusion loses its strength.

This illusion shows that our brains could be ‘tricked’ into seeing something that was not there. For me this was the meaning of this piece; it reminds us very vividly that what we see is not always as it appears.

The large towers are 17” high by 6” wide at the base and 4” wide at the top (all measurements are approximate).

Peter Beard

A Large Disc in a Wax Resist Glaze mounted on Welsh Slate

40cm high, 31cm wide, 10.5cm deep

"My wax-resist pieces involve combinations of shiny, matt and semi-matt glazes built up in layers to create their textural surfaces during firing.  Wax is used to isolate areas during glaze application".

Peter is widely represented in International museums and Important Private collections and Was awarded an Important Commission for the ceramic pieces for the Gold Medal winning Monaco Garden, Chelsea Flower Show 2011.

He has exhibited at the Royal Academy and has won numerous prizes for his work including:

Winner of silver medal at XVIII International Biennial of Ceramic Art, Vallauris, France.

Winner of the Pot d’Or at Keramisto, Holland.

Winner of the INAX Design Prize, INAX Corporation, Japan.

He is an Elected Member of the Academy of International Ceramicists and the Council of Craft Potters, UK

Collaboration Piece - Celtic Cross

A collaboration between AD antiques, Heidi Warr and the Guild of Handicrafts

These are special commissioned pieces for AD Antiques. They are a collaboration with Hart Gold and Silversmiths of Chipping Campden. 

Hart Gold and Silversmiths are known around the world for their amazing handcrafted work with gold and silver. The company dates back to the early 1900’s when their founder, George Hart, joined the Guild of Handicrafts which was formed by Charles Ashbee in 1888. By passing on the skills necessary down the generations, the company continue to produce some of the world’s finest gold and silver handcrafted treasures.

Heidi writes “I was thrilled to have the opportunity and privilege of working with Hart Gold and Silversmiths to produce this incredible piece.

The design I created for these special pieces is a Celtic Cross. I have been intrigued by Celtic Crosses since seeing them in Cornwall where they nestle in the landscape. Viewing them in their natural surroundings felt like travelling back in time.

I was inspired by the different meanings attributed to the cross and circle. Some sources say the cross and circle symbolise Christianity and God’s love. Others say the circle is a Pagan symbol and the cross is the Christian symbol. In my design I have used the cross to symbolise Christianity and the circle to symbolise Pagan traditions. I wanted this piece to represent a celebration of these two different beliefs. To develop the idea as a celebration of difference, I included a snake in the design which I used to represent temptations that are common to us all regardless of our belief.

The design challenge I set myself was to create a Celtic Cross made up of Celtic Knot-work. I wanted the design to be recognizable from a distance, just like Celtic Crosses are in their natural surroundings, yet superbly detailed when viewed up close. The knot-work design has been repeated on the solid silver lid created by the wonderful craftsmen at Hart Gold and Silversmiths. Integrated into the design on the silver lid are four circles of Abalone.”

53cm high and 12cm  at the base.